Smyrna times., 1887-06-29
THE WOLF.

i@'h'f' Iut my eat-grandfatber wos
eItc son OF IL man who hunted more than
an "I You put together. He died in 1TG1
am Eoin; to tell you how.
Il LllS name was Jean; lie was married
n I"'Ier Oh the child destined to become INV
t ancestor and he lived with his youngey
p1lo,her, Francois D'Arville. in our Old
IN the forest 3i' IA u
Francois D'Arville had remained =
! bachelor for pure love Of hunting
Boil Of them used to 20 hnp+ip,, 10
selhGri they hunted from one vear;s end
=" 'ic othcr, without rest, without n
l""9Vi "lth"ut ever getting tired That
VIZ an lhcE liked, all they understood
an they talked about, all they lived for
II WIS Il passion with both ui 4heD,-
; %, tTiII'lC' iArNorhlc. It consumed them
nlicd ihtir entire being, left 10 place for
anything else P-''0e ioi
lhey had given orders that they were
ncN'r TO DC interrupted while hunting
under any preteXt whatever Nfvancost9S,,.
was born while his father was cbasiN,9.N
Ion, ana Jean never thought of ston,,irC,
MS hunt on receiving the news Ha pi5 p,i55'
SWorc; Nom dun nom! the LITTLE raecoI
HiGnl very well have waited till aftnr tI,o
deathr' 'iii "i'cr Ihe
ms brother Francois was IA ytil moro
furious hunter. As soon fn..., ~, -
Il morning he would go to look uftrr tIa
uoSS ana the horses; then he would sboot
DIl''f around the chateau until time canne
70 91 start on Il chase for bigger game.
ne country people used to call tben
olt -'i''IIu uls ana the Junior. Both were
,,'I eAlII"orolharll5 tall, bony, hairy. violent
80 IN a'IunS' Inc younger, who was still
taller than his brother. had n voico 60
! powerful that, according to a popuIar .o,
ln% which he was proud to hear renao+ai
an me leaves of the forest trenbled wben
he shouted. 'ie' "neh
anu Wheh they started off on horseback
lof the chase together it must have No.,
me 'lGht to see the two giants ba,trad
"In2 their great horses.
Now, &boat the middle of the wintar ,f 1
I'Of the cold became excessive and tho |
wolves grew fcrocious.
IHeS would even attack peasants goino
.".'e Kate; they prOwled around tbe |
'.,''S'S uuIlng the night, howled from
sunset until sunrise, and depopulated tba
stables 'tui''e' Ole
And after Il time a very ugly ruuor bo
g 10 spread. 1t was said tbat co1os
- cray wolf, which had eaten two chill !
~, IL 1tNoCicd WOmau'S arm. stran0lod
"h ,..' "&tchdOgs OF the country-sboyyod
J." ? ar "l entering inclusures and raor-
L:fl. NJ about at night smeIIin,, un5or
tAr doors All the country peoDle 10.
cared that they had felt his brcotb-tbot
: L';ioe the lights flicker And a panic
Sei]O4 O4 upon the whole province. No one
'%ICu venture out after dark. All the |
,i''C""a seemed haunted 3y the image of |
tie beast age VI
The D'Arville brothers resolved 10 a,,
him and LII him, and they nTitoJ ~ oil Hiu tI
gentlemen Of the country to a 1rogt L,,,,t
IL was all in vain They scouraJ vi
'-!e forests, searched all the thickets win.
""u ,r GVal; they could never find him
me! Killed plenty Of wolves, but not tbot
i%FicNi&r wolf And each night room. {
ial|, after the hunt, the animal vo1s1 I
ij';ek some belated traveller or dn,onr {
5 seiGc &nimal--as if just to avenoe nm {
Scd-&nd this always at quite a distance
itoi.i MEcre the last hunt had taken pIaca
~ Est one night he got into the Dio
s'ie' 81 the Chateau d'ArviIIe and de-. n
lourcd the two finest pigs. T.
The brothers became fuIl of rooo nov, s
siGc".ng this attack as am omen 5Iofio,'no r
on the monsters part They pot nil ti,oir D
largest and best trained hounds tooetber d
ahII went TO the chase in q great fury a
FROM carlS't dawn until the red SIM | c,
began to sink behind the naked trees tbev t,
secured the thckets in vain. "
~ last disappointed beyond measure o
'ho Hh@crcd IN proportion, they began to p;
'"e ioiEeW%rd 1T a walk along n road | st
s'r'vi,d NHI Ei~h bushes, WONDERING II
- ~ Low all their science could have is
'COA b;i-i1u Iy t-.s Woif-feeling sudden A
y Il sort Of mysterious fear. Sc
The elder said: in
That's no common animal c,oo,,,., !, N
hlnks like u man."
Inc younger rpDlip6.
Perhaps we ought to get our cousin
ne bishop to bless bullet for lis. or rot q,
words" '''0 iie0ess''ry III u
They kept silence while. hi
Jean spoke again: ad
Look how red that sun is! The wolf bii
; gong TO do some more mischief to.
light" w
lie had scarcely spoken when his horse
.1reu' 'hat Of his brother Francois be-
an 10 plunge. A great bush covered Ca
nth dead leaves parted, and bnoc ami cig
lal-aH gray-leaped ont and shot re-.
trough the woods =.
DOM men uttered something like a sta
.oWI oi JOY, and bending over the necks D.
'hefr powerful horses, they flung them
rward with one immense effort of tbe
hule body-shot them on with sucb n me
h-eNciting Chem with voice. gesture En-
nj spur, that the strong riders actually Is
ehed To be lifting the weighty steeds an,
tween their thighs, and flying away with ing
clh G in
On they went at full speed crosbi,,o, foo
rough thicllets, crossing ravines scat bo,
2 Sleeps Numbering down gOrges. and tbi.
owing their horns with all the force az :;
cir lungs to call their dogs and Their ~
en- 'N 'iioi' an
And all of a sudden, during this beod- cha
is course, my ancestor struck his head Alul
alhst an enormous branch, which liter
y cleIt his SKULL and flung him dead ON
ground, while his terrified horse ran Z
."y anu disappeared In the gathering the
)om Of the woods. lii
The younger D'Arville Mt onco 7.o,,, - :
n, leaped to the ground. lifted his vol"
other IN his arms, and he saw that tbe ,eio
lns were running out Of the 0raot 90
und with the blood. nave
lhen he sat down beside the corpss tles
TED the gerry and disfgured head upon we
NPoN systt
Smees hnet3' ana watched there, looking at relee
brothers. immobile face Gradually se,.,i
ear came upon him, singular fear Lo,,c
I he had never felt before-the fear az - 80.
darkness, the fear of the dcsolate for l't o,'.It
the rear OF solitude, and also the fear 'PS0'
nat weird wolf which had killed his
lher by way Of avenging himself on
b of them. Ye
nc darkness thickened; the cold made ing'
,kllngs in the trees. Francois rose nm that
ddering, unable to remain there anv gage,
ger, feeling himself ready to faint band
hing could be heard-neither the to 10,
es Of the dogs nor the sound of the mout
rs, everything to the invisible horizon is pl
ned dumb, and the solemn silence Of paraC
icy evening seemed full Of something also
hllul and strange. The I
G lifted in his giant arms the great the b
OF Jean, placed it across the saddle, diere,
hted and rode on slowly, feeling ance
as If drunk haunted by ali sorts Of
GUS and startling fancies.
nj suddenly great form passed O.
S the darkening pathway. 1t was sr,,,ai, ais
WOLF A shock of fear tingled tbrouob T,'sii ".',
hunters coldness as OF a tricklinp ;,,0.o "ei
ater, descended his back, and. like a ,,s,, ,uss
haunted by devil, he crossed him. p'oI4 p.1un
startled by this unexpected reap- f,.slll SslenS
inee Of the frightful prowler But Ni"pA
eyes fell ON the inert eorpse lvipg Tho
s the saddle before him, his feaT or;o,;,,,
enly changed to anger; he SHOOK SoS 0e - =
q boundless rage. ooV D.
en- he sPurred his horse, and rushed ss.i = .ls 5